MEDIUM
Balabit syslog-ng allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed log message that does not have a closing > in the priority specifier
Published May 7, 2001
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.76%
Description
Balabit syslog-ng allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed log message that does not have a closing > in the priority specifier.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.76% 0.01760
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01760
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01760) | 77.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01760) | 75.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.09% (0.01093) | 76.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.02% (0.01024) | 84.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 1.02% (0.01024) | 83.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01024) | 81.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:02.syslog-ng.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0300.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.balabit.hu/products/syslog-ng/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1981 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5576 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:02.syslog-ng.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0300.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.balabit.hu/products/syslog-ng/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1981 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5576 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 7, 2001
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Dec 14, 2000
Link CVE-2000-1165
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a